I’m whiling away my last hours here in Stuttgart at Kathleen’s place where she is vigorously vacuuming while i try my best to stay out of the way. I am filled with a sense of excitement as well as some trepidation about leaving as well. All of my bags are packed (again) and i am… Read More All Quiet on the Western Front
So Kathleen and I have finished up the last of our travels for the summer, returning late this past Sunday evening from Sardinia, a lovely Italian island lying in the heart of the Mediterranean. The trip was short, only four days, but all together made for a very pleasant and relaxing time. My only complaint… Read More Sardinia
Our last few days in Tunisia were spent hanging around the city of Sousse and making jaunts into the medina, the term for the old part of the city. Sousse dates back to a Phoenician settlement called Hadrumetum way back into the BCs, and the city center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From the… Read More Je comprends…I think
So we have made it back to Stuttgart safe and sound and i am typing away on my own computer again, happy to not be paying out the nose for the bad keyboard. During the middle of our visit we had what were probably our two most interesting days, or least some of the most… Read More Camels and colosseums
As i prepared to make a new entry i found myself dismayed to discover that a keyboard in Tunisia follows the French model, ,amely confusing and with no apparent options to change texts without better French knowledge. To the point though, the weather here has been nice and has served to quickly roast me a… Read More Misbegotten French keyboards
left dublin yesterday (thats the celtic version of the name up there) and headed to the slightly warmer, equally rainy, environs of stuttgart. it is a great relief to know that my baggage and worldly goods are in a place where i neednt worry constantly about them. the same bag was lost and returned to… Read More goodbye baile atha cliath, hello stuttgart
Zak Abroad 